Sentence examples for contorted argument from inspiring English sources

Why can we not extend "rights" to corps as a function of law, as opposed to a contorted argument that they are "people"?

They had an absurdly small sample size of 32 people, a tiny eight-person control group, who didn't really look like good controls, and produced a contorted argument for why their data supported their original hypothesis.

So let's dispense with tortured logic and contorted arguments.

The argument is contorted, dizzying, and almost plausible.

Instead of acknowledging that perhaps there is something interesting going on here, Fine refuses to yield an inch and instead goes through a contorted and ultimately irrational argument about the scientists' "not even knowing" the parameters of male versus female toys that make the toys preferred.

Contorted miniature pines line pebble walkways.

"As contorted as the N.H.L.'s arguments always are in terms of responding to concerns about fighting, I think they're almost at the final point of contortion," Dryden told the conference.

Shapiro is well-versed in constitutional issues, and his argument has a legal, if contorted, basis.

Across the line, consummately familiar events can appear contorted.

Aristotle's main argument, which takes up the first half of chapter, is tangled and contorted.

Arguments from both the left and right, porn participants and protestors, libertarians and statists offer similarly contorted positions.